HOCKEY IN NEW ZEALAND
STANDARD GREATLY IMPROVED FAREWELL TO INDIAN TEAM ‘Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Aug. 28. “ I wish on this occasion our generous benefactor, the Prince of Manavadar, were here,” said Professor Jagan Nath at the farewell dinner given to the Indian hockey team, “ to hear the excellent report on his team.” The objectives he had had in view In accepting the Invitation to send the team had been fulfilled, the professor continued. Hockey had been passed on by the British to the Indians, and the Indians, having made the game their own, desired to pass it on to other countries. So far as he had seen the game of hockey in this Dominion had improved infinitely over the past three years, judging from the reports he had received from former touring teams. In every side there was some outstanding player or more than one who played after the style of the Indians. The fact that Auckland had beaten them showed that the standard was high. Recommending that New Zealand should strive to set up hockey as a summer sport, the professor said, he had already heard of teams that were going to try this innovation.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23590, 29 August 1938, Page 11
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